CLIFF NOTES
“That this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth.” President Abraham Lincoln, November 19, 1863, address at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
If we forget the people, all the people and only focus on a select people, then the fiscal cliff deadlock and rhetoric of uncooperativeness, unrelenting postures, narrow visions and self-serving interests will contribute to more than an economic travesty, but to perishing from the earth a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
During this season of light, may our inner light see the light in others so that the blame, shame game of diminishment transforms us into our best selves to work for the good of all beings.
A Loving Kindness Dedication
(From Buddhist practice and Joan Borysenko)
“May all beings be free from harm and anger.
May all beings be free from mental sufferings.
May all beings be free from physical sufferings.
May all beings take care of themselves happily.
May all beings be well and happy.”
Maria Hilda Pinon, author of The Willows of Corona, a novel, and Candles in the Dark…poems to grieve, hope and love again.
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